TUESDAY'S ROUNDUP: Methacton holds off OJR in girls swimming

FAIRVIEW VILLAGE — Methacton’s girls have officially separated themselves from the rest of the Pioneer Athletic Conference.

At least in the standings.

The Warriors used superb showings from Kirsten Groff and Corinne Blodgett on Tuesday to hold off visiting Owen J. Roberts, 98-88, in a showdown of the PAC-10’s remaining unbeatens.

Groff set the pace in the 100 and 200 freestyle events with respective times of 53.70 and 1:56.78, and anchored both the 200 medley and 200 free relays to first-place finishes. Blodgett swept the 100 butterfly (1:00.16) and 100 backstroke (1:03.25), and also contributed to the 200 medley relay victory. The Warriors (3-0) also picked up a first from in the one-meter diving from Samantha Lavrich.

OJR (2-1) was led by Kate McConaghy, who held off her Methacton rivals in the 500 free (5:27.03) and helped the 400 free relay to a first.

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Upper Perkiomen 91, Pottsgrove 64: Upper Perkiomen’s Kristin Kilroy was in on two wins to help the Indians defeat Pottsgrove in a PAC-10 match.

Kilroy took the 200 IM and swam on the Indians (1-2) winning medley relay. Pottsgrove (0-3) also had a double winner as freshman Courtney Shefer, sidelined for the past 10 days with the flu, stormed back to win the 500 free (5:55.2) and 100 backstroke (1:09.31).

Feiser won the 50 free (22.31) and 100 free (49.90), and was a key part of the Wildcats’ winning 200 free and 400 free relays. Teammate Matt Terrell contributed a first in the 200 free (1:50.76) and also swam a leg in the 200 and 400 winning relays for OJR (2-1).

Methacton (0-3) got a big win from Leon Lin in the 100 back (58.39).

Upper Perkiomen 85, Pottsgrove 66: Mason Cassel led Upper Perkiomen (2-1) with three wins, touching first in the 200 IM, and swimming on the Tribe’s winning 200 medley and 200 free relays to headline the Indians win over Pottsgrove. For Pottsgtrove (0-3), Owen Agnew won the 100 breaststroke.

Harvey netted game-scoring honors with his 19 counters for Pottstown (4-4, 5-8), which remained tied with Phoenixville for second place in the circuit’s Frontier Division standings. Bryant Quill had 14 points and Antonio Moore added 12 to help the Trojans overturn a 15-11 first-quarter deficit and pull away from Boyertown (4-4, 5-10), which got a team-high 10 from Ryan Corcoran.

Perkiomen Valley 43, Pottsgrove 32: The Vikings extended their current win streak to seven as they rode a first-half surge to a PAC-10 victory over the Falcons.

Steve Leonard came away with game-scoring honors for PV (5-3, 9-6) getting all but two of his 14 markers off shots from 3-point range. Rasaan Stewart chipped in with another 10 for the winners, while Pottsgrove (3-6, 4-10) got nine from Kareem Boyd and seven from Nate Breidenbach.

Perkiomen School 38, Barrack Academy 25: Even without the services of scoring leader Tyler Kohl, the Panthers had more than enough to dispatch Barrack Academy in their Tri-County League contest as Ja’ren Hampton hit for 11 points to lead the scoring.

The Panthers (6-4) got off to a 13-4 lead in the first quarter before winning the second half, 19-10. Behind Hampton, the locals got eight points from John Williams and seven from David Zell.

Wilson 52, Daniel Boone 45: With an 18-11 edge in fourth-quarter scoring, the Bulldogs broke out of a deadlock with the Blazers and went on to win this Berks Conference matchup. Boone (6-8) had trailed by a 25-20 count at the half before pulling even in a 14-9 third quarter rally. Pop Lacey scored 13 points to lead the Blazers, with Kenny Worthington adding another 11.

Sammi Haas scored nine points and Brittany Moore tacked on seven points for Spring-Ford (8-0, 12-2), which opened leads of 36-8 at the quarter and 62-12 at the half. Aubree Flagg scored a team-high 11 points for Phoenixville (2-6, 4-10).

Boyertown 49, Pottstown 21: Bolting to a 16-4 lead after one quarter, the Bears pulled away from the Trojans to claim a big PAC-10 victory.

Kaitlyn Eisenhard hit for a game-high 12 points to help Boyertown (7-1) go ahead 32-9 at the half. Dee Terry chipped in with another nine. Pottstown (0-8) was led by Jenna Endy and Alicia Rosenberger, who scored four apiece.

Methacton 58, Upper Perkiomen 45: Kelsey Watson scored a game-high 20 points as the Warriors used a big second half to turn away the Indians.

Upper Perkiomen, which got a team-high 12 points from Kim Kachmar, took a 21-20 lead to the locker room. But Watson had 14 of her points in the second half and Sarah Sherman finished with 18 points on six 3-pointers to help the Warriors improve 6-2 in league play and 12-3 overall.

Wilson 59, Daniel Boone 32: Avery Martz pumped in 12 of her team-high 14 points in the first half to help Wilson take a 30-10 lead and coast past visiting Daniel Boone in a Berks Conference game. Mikayla Lea added 12 points for Wilson (5-0, 12-1), while the Blazers (1-4, 3-12) were led by Stephanie Sievers’ game-high 16 points.

WRESTLING

Wings split: West-Mont Christian dominated the lower middleweights as it broke even in a double-dual with Girard College and Solebury School. The Wings (2-3) handled Girard 42-24, but they came up short of host Solebury 54-24.